motility, n.
(motilities)
(motilities)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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motility motion move movement
sample sentences
"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise""movement is a sign of life"
"an impatient move of his hand"
"gastrointestinal motility"
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abduction
adduction
agitation
body English
circumduction
disturbance
fetal movement, foetal movement
flit, dart
gesture
headshake, headshaking
inclination, inclining
inversion, eversion, everting
inversion, upending
jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
kick, kicking
kneel, kneeling
pitching, lurch, pitch
eye movement
opening
prostration
stretch, reach, reaching
reciprocation
reclining
retraction
retroflection, retroflexion
rotation, rotary motion
closing, shutting
sitting
sitting, posing
snap
squatting, squat
sweep
toss
vibration, quiver, quivering
wave
flutter, waver, flicker
standing
straddle, span
stroke
wiggle, wriggle, squirm
eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
ability to move spontaneously and independently
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motility
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